Who may be present at polling station

(1) The only persons who may be present at a polling station on polling day are

(a) any field liaison officer;

(b) the returning officer, his or her representatives and any member of his or her staff whom he or she authorizes to be present;

(b.1) any election officer whom the returning officer authorizes to be present;

(c) the candidates;

(d) two representatives of each candidate or, in their absence, two electors to represent each candidate;

(e) an elector and a friend or relative who is helping him or her by virtue of subsection 155(1), only for the period necessary to enable the elector to vote; 

(f) any observer or member of the Chief Electoral Officer’s staff whom he or she authorizes to be present;

(g) [Repealed, 2018, c. 31, s. 88]

(h) if a polling division of an electoral district in which a registered party’s leader is a candidate is assigned to the polling station, any media representative who — subject to any conditions that the Chief Electoral Officer considers necessary to protect the integrity of the vote and the privacy of any person present at the polling station — is authorized in writing by the Chief Electoral Officer to be present and take any photograph or make any audio or video recording of the candidates as they cast their votes; and

(i) the auditor referred to in section 164.1.